Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-10-14
COAST CULLINGs.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.

Ben Boyd was shot by Burris Lither
at Healdsburg, Cal.
Mariana Elias, a wealthy Mexican
was killed at Nogales, A. T.
]. T. Brown was Shot and killed nv
VIM. Purvis near Placerville, Cal.
Sexton & Ellsworth's eawmill. in
Colfax, w. r., was burned with loss
of $4,000
r. III. Odair. a prominent citizen Of
Riverside, Cal, was found dead in h,s
room at hotel.
Hugo Faschner, OF San Francisco
killed himself to escape creditors who
were bothering him.
Two boys named West, aged 7 and
IA years, were drowned in LIE wi, river
near La Center, w. T.
James Fisher, miner working in
the Vancouver Company's mine, was
instantly killed by fall Of coal.
The President has appointed Chas.
NJ. Force, OF Kentucky, to be r. c.. liver
of Public Moneys at Lewiston, Idaho.
George H. Gordon, wealthy young
Englishman, was accidently killed
while hunting near Laramie, Wyom-
ing.
Colonel M. e. Ball, U. 8. Attorney
for Alaska, died on board the Ancon
on its last trip from Alaska, of pneu.
monia.
Fourteen hundred tons OF ore are
shipped daily from Anaconda, Mon
tana, and $40 men find regular en-
ployment.
Alfred Haas, respondent restau.
rant proprietor, ended his troubles by
blowing out his brains with a revolver
at San Francisco.
The notorious shell-game swindler.
McAvoy, was shot, probably fatally, BY
stranger whom he had swindled at
Santa Monica, Cal.
The freight house and five cars were
burned at Battle Mountain, Nevada.
The fire was started by tramp who
was put off train.
VIM. Watten, driver of street car.
was kicked by horse at Sacramento
and instantly killed. Deceaseds FANNY
lived near Stockton.
Two young men named McArdle
and Reardon, from San Jose, were
murdered in bed in Indian valley,
Monterey county, Cal.
A man was killed at Silver City,
Idaho, by falling from trestle and
breaking his neck. His name was
Alexander Ducheneau.
At San Francisco Otto Mauser, aged
II years, was instantly killed by fall
ing under loaded cart, the wheels Of
which passed over the boys head.
sprague is to have a $4,000 mill.
The merchants guaranteed $4,000
bushels of wheat as an inducement for
the location of the mill at Sprague.
DR.. Davidson Scott, a prominent
physician of Spokane Falls, committed
suicide. His wife had recently died,
and this fact with loss of money led to
the deed.
Joseph Trotier, teamster, tied his
team near the river bank and went in
bathing, near Stockton, Cal. He
stepped into deep hole and was
drowned.
Captain J. D. Young, city editor of
the Sacramento Record Union, has been
appointed State Printer by Governor
Waterman. Young was State Printer
under Governor Perkins,.
Arthur Weston, aged "a, was drowned
while crossing the Sacramento river In
a boat, near Orland, Cal. He and his
brother Frank were crossing on
hunting trip, when their boat capsized.
Frank swan ashore.
Customs Officer c. ]. Milks, of Ia
coma, has made seizure of 1000 ma
Mia cigars, found secreted in the hold
OF the bark Discovery, that recently
arrived from Honolulu. They had not
paid duty as required by law.
Midway between Lewiston and Aso-
tin, Idaho, is large basaltic cliff,
which is the home of countless
swarm of swallows. They not only
have possessed themselves OF every
hole, nook and Granny, but have
studded almost the entire face of the
immense wall with their nests, which
must number away up in the millions.
Eight small boys, all between the
ages of eight and twelve years old.
boarded a small and leaky scow in
San Francisco bay, and soon drifted
Tar out into the stream. A strong ebb
tide carried the boat seward and it
was lost to sight in the darkness before
the alarm was given. Parties started
out Immediately and searched most of
the night, and the following morning
they were picked up by an Italian
fisherman just outside of the heads
and taken back to the city. All were
cold, hungry and wet from the nights
exposure, but not suffering otherwise.